Seeker Resources

Resources for Seekers

This page focuses on resources for people who are having doubts and seeking answers. If you know a good resource to support people who are seeking answers please email us at resources@recoveringfromreligion.org or fill out our Resource Suggestions Form.

Iron ChariotsIron Chariots is intended to provide information on apologetics and counter-apologetics. We'll be collecting common arguments and providing responses, information and resources to help counter the glut of misinformation and poor arguments which masquerade as evidence for religious claims.http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Religion FactsIn all corners of the world and in all eras of history, people have wondered about the meaning of life, how to make the best of it, what happens afterwards, and if there is anyone or anything "out there." The goal of this website is to provide free, reliable information - "just the facts" - on the various answers that have been given to these questions, as well as the rituals and customs that go along with them.http://www.religionfacts.com/

Get God's Self-Appointed Messengers Out of Your HeadValerie Tarico - Which buzz phrases from your past are stuck in your brain? "God's messengers" were all real complicated people with biases, blind spots, favorite foods and morning breath. They were not gods and they are not you. So how can you get them out of your head or at least reduce them to muffled background noise?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElfyYA420F0

Critical Thinking Skills

The Skeptical Studies Curriculum Resource Center

This is a comprehensive, free repository of resources for teaching students how to think skeptically. This Center contains an ever-growing selection of books, reading lists, course syllabi, in-class exercises, PowerPoint presentations, student projects, papers, and videos that you may download and use in your own classes.http://www.skeptic.com/skepticism-101/

History & Philosophy of Non-Belief

Secular Web Library – Huge online library of essays on non-belief, including a modern library and historical library (pre-1970).https://infidels.org/library/

The Problem of EvilIs God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?— The Epicurean paradox, ~300 BCEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_evil

David Hume (1711-1776) - PhilosopherOf Miracles from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume, 1748 “A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.” and “That no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.”http://www.davidhume.org/texts/ehu.php#E10